South Shore Child Guidance Center – Freeport

South Shore Child Guidance Center provides the following mental health rehabilitation services in Freeport.

• Mental Health Rehabilitation
• Dual Diagnosis Treatment Provider

South Shore Child Guidance Center is run by a state government agency.

South Shore Child Guidance Center provides treatment in the following settings.

• Outpatient mental health rehabiliation

South Shore Child Guidance Center provides the following emergency mental health treatment and services.

• Crisis intervention team
• Psychiatric emergency onsite services
• Psychiatric emergency mobile/off-site services
• Psychiatric emergency walk-in services

South Shore Child Guidance Center utilizes the following treatment approaches.

• Activity therapy
• Behavior modification
• Cognitive behavioral therapy
• Couples/family therapy
• Group therapy
• Integrated dual disorders treatment
• Individual psychotherapy
• Trauma therapy

South Shore Child Guidance Center utilizes the following pharmacotherapies & medications in the treatment process.

• Haloperidol (Haldol®)
• Aripiprazole (Abilify®) 
• Lurasidone (Latuda®) 
• Olanzapine (Zyprexa®) 
• Olanzapine/Fluoxetine combination (Symbyax®) 
• Quetiapine (Seroquel®) 
• Risperidone (Risperdal®)
• Ziprasidone (Geodon®) 

Information regarding payment(s) accepted at South Shore Child Guidance Center and possible financial assistance.

• Community Mental Health Block Grants
• Community Service Block Grants
• Medicaid
• Other State Funds
• Private Insurance
• Cash or Self Payment
• State-Financed Healthcare Plan Other Than Medicaid
• State Welfare or Child and Family Service Funds
• Sliding Fee Scale (based on income and other factors)

Information regarding specialty programs and groups offered at South Shore Child Guidance Center.

• Transitional age young adults
• Persons with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
• Persons who have experienced trauma
• Persons with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
• Children/adolescents with serious emotional disturbance (SED)
• Persons with serious mental illness (SMI)

South Shore Child Guidance Center offers the following screening and testing services to mental health clients.

• There is no information provided regarding screening at South Shore Child Guidance Center

South Shore Child Guidance Center provides the following ancillary services in addition to mental health treatment.

• Court-ordered outpatient treatment
• Family psychoeducation
• Mentoring/peer support/consumer-run services
• Suicide prevention services